I used to sneak in when I was a kid, it was magnificent. The family offered it to Glen Cove as a botanical garden/museum and the city declined. I could still cry over the loss of that house, I loved it so. What a tragedy.

@samanthab1923

6 ай бұрын

What a shame. Cool that you got to see it though.

@rickchristie99

6 ай бұрын

You must be old if you snuck in before 68!

@nanvolentine9110

6 ай бұрын

Yep, saw the best bands, too. @@rickchristie99

@hiddenpotentialproject806

5 ай бұрын

@@rickchristie99could literally be just 60

@GGLD888

4 ай бұрын

The city is a dickhead

The tropical house was quite stunning. So sad the house couldn't have been repurposed into a hotel or private club.

I think it's criminal to destroy such magnificent architecture! That structure was built to last centuries! Old-world craftsmanship that is rarely duplicated today! Makes me mad!

@markadkins9290

6 ай бұрын

I couldn't believe anyone would tear it down, criminal indeed! As an old time plasterer I just love old houses! The oldest one I worked on was 1851.

This was a particularly grand and beautiful house! Such a shame that it wasn't saved and made into a grand hotel or residences. The tropical house is stunning. And the gardens and landscaping! What a loss!

Oh JEEZ! I really, really love this one. Worldly masculine splendor. Stone and botany is timeless and never goes out of fashion. Shame he only got to enjoy it for two years but he sounded like he didn't like being in one place too long anyway. He left a magnificent house. I really liked it.

So sad so many beautiful mansions like this one were destroyed! How much love and craftsmanship was put in building this beauty in era without machinery we have today at our disposal. My fav is the tropical house with swimming pool of course ❤

Though both the exterior and interior ornament and architecture are beautiful, this property enjoys, by far, in my opinion, the most beautiful landscape surrounding it. And the tropical house! 😳

Here in Idaho, there is not much left of the historic mining town of DeLamar. The mine still exists and is in operation. I’ve heard part of DeLamar’s life story but not to this extent. Thanks for the history!

Wow, and they tore that down…. Go figure. I loved the indoor garden featured at the end.

I loved the billiard and sitting rooms. While listening, I was calculating in my head how many individuals or families could have lived in thst mansion had it been saved and converted into a community living space. The downside is that as such it may not have made enough income to pay for its upkeep. It was a stunning property.

I LOVE the pavilion. It would make a lovely house ❤

Hey Ken, wow, every inch of this grand estate was spectacular!!! The beautiful giant mansion & the lush landscaping were beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing this home & its history!!! 👍🤶🎄☃️

Wow. Loved the indoor tropical garden. So sad they couldn’t save any of it.

Wowser. Loved the garden.

Why didn't they save the house and make it a country club / yacht club for a high end development of other expensive homes that could be built on the property? A place like that would make a great hotel or corporate retreat or conference center. Such a waste.

@peanut422hb

6 ай бұрын

There was probably some advanced tech in this mansion that they didn't want us to see. This civilization destroyed many old world limestone buildings. Our civilization built zero buildings like this.

@exaudi33

6 ай бұрын

Or luxury apartments, as they often do in England with wonderful old country houses. Developers are the scum of the earth.

@themaskedman221

6 ай бұрын

@@exaudi33 😭😭

Lovely. And that indoor pool!

I'd love to have the Chinese Chippendale dining set. Excellent video.

Interesting story well told. Plus a blueprint!👍‼️

Wow!! Stunning! Unbelievable that it was torn down ... Oy!!

Another beauty lost forever.

astounding and gone forever

I just looked up Gold Coast mansions, 500 were built during the roaring 20’s, 200 still exist, mostly repurposed

@frostpond

6 ай бұрын

EXACTLY. As someone who lives out here, a lot of the homes are still around… (privately owned, school, country club…). The land itself is at a premium $$$ My parents used to go to parties at Arthur Leow Jr’s… it’s a LOT of house for two people… grounds still beautiful. Right on the Sound.

@TheRtmac

6 ай бұрын

I used to work at IBM, they had a country club at Sands point, used to play softball there, I see IBM sold that, now private club

I really liked the tropical house! The pool with the bridge was lovely also! Thank you!

Favorite part: The dock that looks like a European bridge. Anyway, thanks. This is one of my favorites in several years of watching. It's amazing that it was torn down. It reminded me of The Breakers so much.

Your videos are always entertaining and informative, and your commentary becomes more polished and professional at each outing. You're performing a service in helping to preserve these marvelous slices of history. Thank you!

Are our current mega-wealthy building with this level of craftsmanship? I see high rises for many millions that don't seem to be of the same caliper as these estates. I understand why they would not want to live in someone else's dream house, but was wondering if grand estates on this level are being built anywhere in America by our generation? Love your show!

What a beautiful home! Sad to have lost it. Thank you for the tour and history, Ken!

Thanks again Ken 😊

Well narrated video, with photos I hadn't seen outside the books I have on Glen Cove. It's in the same area that Ava Vanderbilt Belmont's Beacon Towers stood - which suffered the same fate, but a few remnants were absorbed into the development and can still be seen. Thank you!

As someone who works in Leadville it's cool to see it mentioned. Guggenheim also made a fortune.

It is sickening how people sell out to developers.

This mansion is magnificent,your commentary and research is marvelous,the history is magical,and demolition is a tragedy.thank you for bringing it.

The pool ,botanical garden, billiard room.

This was a magnificent building! Sad that it ended up under the wrecking ball instead of being converted into a) country club, b) school, or c) museum. Apparently, when offered to the city for a botanical garden, the land was worth more than the need to convert this into something meaningful.

Disgusting that this masterpiece was demolished 😢

Can't believe someone would tear it down!!!

Oh, that's a good way to say the intro. I concur :)

The best part is view of the cove.

Merry Christmas 🎄

@ThisHouse

6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas! 🎁

I loved the garden room and pool.

A beauty

Love the tropical house!!! Beautiful Home ❤❤

Thanks for the great video, as always. I would have rather seen that home survived than what it became. I hope as always that some material was salvaged before demolition and still lives on. Happy and safe holidays to everyone.

I like the idea of the tropical house. If left to me, there would be food plants. I’d plant dragon fruit,jackfruit,vanilla, tomatoes and oranges.

That seems way bigger than 60,000 square ft. 1 of my high school friends lived in the Schweppes mansion in lake forest Illinois Which is listed at 23,000 square ft, In this place looks at least 4 times the size.h like everybody else I'm so sorry that this place was unable to be saved.

Honestly , did Carl Barks took the early life story of De Lamar as role model for Scrooge McDuck? It just feel like it ... And what a house ..

It's sad to lose such a grand old house (actually it really wasn't so old) but this constant change and renewal is what makes America different from the "old world". Americans love to embrace the new and re-invent themselves and their nation. Nothing stays the same forever - and that's not a bad thing.

Words cannot describe the disgust i feel when i hear "he demolished the building to sell the blank land to developers" Great video as usual! Thank you!

Spectacular home, stunning tropical house and beautiful grounds the likes of which will never be built again even with the mind boggling wealth some contemporary billionaires have, the craftsmen and artisan's are long gone.

What an absolutely incredible estate and from a man who came from nothing but he worked his way up and he must’ve been very smart and intelligent! The indoor swimming pool was incredible! THE FOLLOWING IS EDITORIAL SO DON’T READ IT AND BITCH AT ME: I see how some people get rich, they may have very unsafe mines and/or extremely dangerous factories. We cannot just say that they don’t have to work there, but that’s not how it works. Everyone cannot just uproot their families and go somewhere else where it might be even worse. There were no laws, strikers were easily replaced or gunned down by law enforcement. People were not valued and most could easily be replaced by the line of others desperate for work. Thankfully things have changed since those days.

@ThisHouse

6 ай бұрын

Well said!

@mitchellbarnow1709

6 ай бұрын

@@ThisHouseYou are an awesome friend!

@pampurr1

6 ай бұрын

Truth, these people were ruthless.

@mitchellbarnow1709

6 ай бұрын

@@pampurr1 You can say that again!

I am a sucker for a solid butterfly garden though!

It should be a crime to have torn that down as well as the other properties. This is why going to Europe is such a spectacular treat. They don’t tear down brilliant architecture and culture like the U.S. This home could have been easily repurposed.

Unbelievable it only survived for 53 years!! How tragic…

What a sad ending. Too bad they could not keep the house.

Wow 😲 why would something so marvelous ever get destroyed 😢

I am so mad it's gone.

These buildings were here already lol

I lived in Glen Cove for almost 20 years and knew virtually all Gold Coast mansions, but I never saw this one. Maybe it was demolished before I moved there.

incredible nothing lasts ,, but i would definetly build mansions now,,,

I cannot begin to understand what was going thru that man’s mind when he decided to tear it down. It should’ve been preserved. I would love to have been able to own it

👍👍👍👍👍

"All is Vanity". To think how much was spent to build that thing and it was just torn down.

bruh how can you demolish such a work of art smh

The gardens were by far my favorite. So sad these homes were torn down. If they still stood, Europeans would be traveling to the US to see our palaces and not just our fast food chains. Lol

@themaskedman221

6 ай бұрын

There's very little appreciation for high culture in this country.

@DetroitMicroSound

6 ай бұрын

McDonalds, KFC, and many others, are all across Europe.

I cant believe he left home at 4.

It's so sad when you tell us at the end of the video that the house was destroyed to make way for some development or something

I’m sure De Lamar expected his house to last hundreds of years, as it should have.

THE COMMENTATORS VOICE IS MECHANICAL,

When the Pirate King was publicly executed, it was the beginning of the Great Pirate Era.

Different house, same story. A monument built to celebrate one person or family, only to be destroyed, and its expensive contents scattered into hundreds of modern homes. In the end, however beautiful, it’s an asset. Just like the Rockefeller/McCormick estate in Lake Forest, Illinois - a $200,000,000 home in today’s money, it served the purpose of one person. When they die, it’s just an asset. Too big to sell, it falls into disrepair. It gets torn down and the expensive land gets subdivided and sold. Ashes to ashes. I can imagine this guy on his deathbed, in his now useless home, regretting the time and money spent on a place he’ll never see again. There are many mansions in heaven, but few make it through the eye of the needle. I hope he made it.

What a shame, I love hearing stories of these massive estates hoping the children don’t demolish them HAH😮

'Founded' and renovated in 1916 not constructed

Is this the house king edward stayed in? Did it have a personal train track??

60,000+ square ft. and only 26th place? 😮

It’s all ways a hart break to hear that they have been destroyed.

So sad that yet another magnificent architectural specimen was demolished to create more money than they already had.

I prefer Woodland

@coreahellwig181

6 ай бұрын

Danke

That amazing property looked like it was manufactured in some sort of European architectural fantasy inside and out. What a shame it was not preserved considering it was not that old. Now we have so many huge gaudy mansions that are so tasteless compared to this stunning complex. In Europe it would have become some sort of government or foundation owned and run heritage property

Knocking it down may have upset/surprised some but imagine the maintenance bill the poor guy probably was faced with. To inherit a liability like an old mansion can be problematic.

It seems that privileged people don't have any problem whatsoever tearing down homes built with one of a kind craftsmanship that can't and won't be duplicated.

One would like to think that anyone in a position to create such a stunning masterpiece would be a morally superior role model for the ages… instead of a greedy cutthroat bastard. Such is life.

"Fighting tribes for treasure" is a heck of a way to phrase "murdering people and looting homes."

The crown jewel of Long Island, built on blood money! 😡

I hit the like button but still shows 0

@wdjones4735

6 ай бұрын

Me too!

@ThisHouse

6 ай бұрын

The likes are showing up for us! It might just be a visual bug. Thanks for your support!

@wdjones4735

6 ай бұрын

@@ThisHouse Happy Holidays! Thank you for a great year of content❤️I hope you and Dalton do more of the Zillow tours. They are my favorite🎄☃️🎅🏻❄️

@ThisHouse

6 ай бұрын

Happy Holidays! 🎅

Examine the current state of the world. 2 Timothy 4:1-5 states "You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. People will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!" Jesus is coming back. Are you ready?

@texaswunderkind

6 ай бұрын

Trump is proof god doesn't exist. A merciful god would never allow a man like that to tear the world apart for his own fragile ego.

This is beautiful, but it's insane that this is a society where building such a thing is possible for someone to do for nothing more than their personal house.

sad

I like the pictures but the narrator's voice is very weak and wimpy

CPH Gilbert was certainly one of the weaker architects during the gilded age. This house is a prime example: The windows are inconsistent, The massing and proportions are off, and the overall effect of it is the house being too stiff

i wonder why they raized it. really. haunted? infested? decrepit? this needs research and reporting.

@jamesburtonbud

6 ай бұрын

6:09 The answer is in this video. 46 HOUSES were developed on the site. As is the case with many of these massive mansions. M O N E Y is KING.

Just start every video by telling us the home was owned by a total prick. Usually the case.

Marcus Loew's silver spoon son decides to demolish a masterpiece of American art and architecture to make a buck. Oy vey!

Ah, for the glory days of zero worker's rights or payable income tax.

Hard pass. He was afterall, captain de Broke.

And my dad says there's nothing wrong with capitalism